Monthly Archives: March 2015

All Time Wrestling Hard-men

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Stephen Liddell

Can it be year ago since I wrote on Wrestlemania 30 and the shock of seeing Brock Lesnar destroy The Undertaker. I guess it must be as after 12 straight days of guided tours, I am looking forward to nothing … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Popular Culture, Uncategorized | Tagged Bad News Barrett, Brock Lesnar, Haku, Life, Mankind Mick Foley, Sport, Sports-Entertainment, WCW, Wrestle mania, Wrestlemania, WWE | 4 Comments

Beauty & The Beast – Double Standards in Ancient Greece

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Stephen Liddell

Standards of beauty have always changed through the years and from country to country. What is fashionable in one time and place may not be in the other. Whilst today is most Western countries it is considered trendy to sport … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, history | Tagged Art, Beauty, Greece, history, Life | 2 Comments

Cultural Vandalism – The destruction of priceless monuments by ISIS / ISIL

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Stephen Liddell

One of my most popular blog posts that I have ever written was on the ongoing destruction of historic Mecca by Saudi Arabia and whilst one day soon I hope to write more on the topic, I thought for now … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, history, Politics, Travel | Tagged Art, history, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Islam, Libya, Life, News, Syria, Terrorism, Travel, war | 17 Comments

A Guided Tour Inside The Houses Of Parliament

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Stephen Liddell

The last year or so I have probably visited Parliament a dozen times but always from the outside. I’ve been in before when I was about 10 years and remember bits and pieces of the interior and especially inside the … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, London, Politics | Tagged Art, Culture, Democracy, history, House of Commons, House of Lords, Life, London, Parliament, Politics, Queen, Richard Harrington, Travel | 11 Comments

A Brief History of Parliament

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Stephen Liddell

On Thursday evening I was kindly invited on a guided tour of the Houses of Parliament by my local MP, Richard Harrington. Before I write-up a post about the tour itself I thought this would give a great opportunity to … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, London, Politics | Tagged Churchill, history, House of Commons, House of Lords, Life, London, Parliament, Politics, The Magna Carta, The Queen, Travel, Wolf Hall | 18 Comments

Sintra – The Jewel in the crown of Lisbon

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Stephen Liddell

Having spent all day on the Friday sight-seeing around Lisbon we were eagerly awaiting Saturday, our second day in Portugal and our only full day. As there is so much to see in Lisbon I had planned to spend the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, history, Travel | Tagged Castello De Moore, Castle Of The Moors, Culture, history, holidays, Life, Lisbon, outdoors, Portugal, Sintra, Sintra National Palace, Travel, vacation | 4 Comments

Jerónimos Monastery in Lisbon

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Stephen Liddell

It had been a long old winter with two potentially serious health scares that thankfully were gradually eliminated over repeated visits to doctors, hospitals and specialists. With good news ringing in my ears and strong encouragement from some friends I vowed to … Continue reading →